Photos: Saints fall to Seahawks

Photos: Saints fall to Seahawks

Advocate staff photo by MATTHEW HINTON-- New Orleans Saints outside linebacker Junior Galette (93) reacts as the final minutes tick away in the 23-15 loss in a NFL NFC divisional football playoff game between the New Orleans Saints and the Seattle Seahawks at Century Link Field in Seattle, Wash. Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014.

The Saints closed the gap on the Seattle Seahawks since their 34-7 blowout defeat here Dec. 2 but not enough. A 23-15 NFC Divisional round playoff loss will be no less bitter to swallow for New Orleans than last month’s defeat because this one spells the end of the Saints’ season, and New Orleans was as much a victim of its own mistakes as it was the high-flying Seahawks.